Learn the latest online grooming statistics and discover more about the rising prevalence of child sexual exploitation online, risk factors for abuse, and tips for preventing it.

Feb 12, 2026 · Our in-depth market data report on online grooming. Explore verified statistics and the latest research.

Feb 12, 2026 · Online child grooming often starts in games or social media, with most offenders male. Every data point in this report goes through a four-stage verification process: Our research team …

Feb 13, 2026 · Online grooming is still rising even as platforms add tools. In 2023, UK reporting received 1,800 reports of child sexual abuse involving children that included online grooming related material, …

Oct 1, 2025 · Discover how online grooming tactics drive the digital child exploitation crisis. Learn the warning signs, statistics, and prevention strategies.

Feb 12, 2026 · Prevalence is high and persistent, with 37% of 10 to 17 year olds reporting online sexual exploitation or abuse in 2021 and 70% of online child exploitation cases involving grooming in 2022.

Jan 10, 2024 · Only 49% of minors and 54% of adults disclose online exploitation or online sexual extortion to family or friends. Even fewer reported to authorities: 18% of minors, 23% of adults …

Feb 12, 2026 · Across the prevalence and incidence landscape, grooming affects an estimated 1 in 6 children before age 18 and appears in 12.3 cases per 1,000 children in the US each year, with online …

Feb 13, 2026 · One in ten children experiences sexual violence before age eighteen. Grooming precedes most of these cases. Strangers initiate eighty percent of online grooming through social …

Feb 12, 2026 · Across the page, we look at how detection and reporting are delayed by awareness gaps and fear, and how grooming affects mental health, learning, and the risk of repeat abuse.